Learning Cloud Computing: Cloud Storage

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9/3/2018

Storage is one of the most widely utilized cloud-computing services. Companies are eager to take advantage of object-based storage with unlimited scalability—and IT professionals are the ones who need to make it work. This course covers the basics of cloud storage, including storage planning, budgeting, and security. Instructor David Linthicum demos account creation and management with Amazon Web Services, but the lessons are high level and applicable to almost any cloud solution. Learn about file, block, and object storage; explore planning and requirements gathering; and review three practical use cases for cloud storage, including one featuring logging and other storage management subsystems.

Topics include:

Block storage, object storage, and file storage

Planning cloud storage

Allocating storage instances on AWS

Securing storage instances

Usage-based accounting

Defining costs, projected growth, and implementation plans

Cloud storage use cases

Skill Level Beginner

1h 22m

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- Cloud storage is the most utilized areaof public cloud computing.Indeed, as data explodes within the enterprise,IT not only needs cloud storage,but has been mandated to make it work as soon as possible.The path to understanding cloud storagemeans dealing with emerging concepts.The storage that we leveraged decades agois not storage we're leveraging today.Object-based systemsthat provide almost unlimited scalability are the norm,and cloud-based platforms are the only placeto find those systems.This course is designedas a high-level overview of storageand is not intended to be a detailed tutorial.

We'll begin with understanding the basics of cloud storage,including file, block,and object storage.Next, we'll run through a quick example of AWS cloud storageand then we'll discuss cloud storage planning,including how to understand your own requirements.Finally, we'll focus on cloud storage use cases,including file, data, and how to leverage loggingand other management tools.Let's get started.